Yes, I know. It’s still unadulterated summer, but I was stuck for a title. Have I ever posted this? I honestly can’t remember. I drew it a few months back. It was inspired by a drawing I made back in the 90s, a design for a tee shirt. The shirt was to be the prize for a little contest I ran, and only 50 were every produced. Alas, that first drawing is long lost to me, but I thought it turned out well enough that it inspired this drawing. No one is more painfully aware than I that many of the plans I introduce here are, to put it charitably, slow to develop. However, I should have some concrete news next week about the tee shirts we discussed months ago. I will tell you now that there almost certainly will be A&J shirts available in plenty of time for holiday shopping. Details to follow.
Indian Summer
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101 responses to “Indian Summer”
So no one here would think me weird if I bought a rather weird and contemporary painting of curving rows of farm land and a tractor or tractors working the fields rather like Blue Dog paintings?
Dear Mindy from Indy, I like your story about the tractors a lot. Real details are gripping for me, even if I don’t know much about them. (Are the calculators that reminded you of tractors from Texas Instruments?) When I leave my car in a parking lot I always look around at the other cars — It’s like going to a car show, and I needn’t pay to get in, or drive someplace special. I really like to look at cars! The beautiful colors, and the styling, and the genormous SUVs and pickup trucks that make me go “tsk tsk” for the conspicuous expense. I also think, “I bet it isn’t paid for.”
Dear emb, I wish Chris and I could have seen that Playboy issue — I bet we both would have loved it; it sounds terrific.
Dear Jackie, you have good taste in paintings; though I’ll have to Google Blue Dog; it’s not familiar.
Debbe 😉 Another song from my Mood list. Yeah, that’ll do ‘er. Think it was in a movie they named after me, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiiyq2xrSI0
Ghost, we aren’t being just the teeniest bit self grandiose are we? Somewhat irrespectively yours, Mrs. Monies.
Chatlotte, Blue Dog was a series of paintings done by the recently deceased artist George Rodrigue. The artist I met up here is Don McGill and he has a series of contemporary
Paintings that also call to mind Van Gogh.
The rather surprising thing to happen this weekend was that I have begun wearing jewelry again for first time in twenty years. I don’t mean expensive pieces, just any at all
Dare I say that my name is in a Merle Haggard song? This is the only other thing that I will say about it. It’s a song about drinking.
Indian Summer was the first song that the doors ever recorded. I also have a connection to Jim’s family.
Good morning Villagers…
Judy, you are certainly welcome…Ian downloaded ad block for me. I need to start a list of “what to do when…” with my old Dell here when Ian comes home for a visit.
Mark, I not sure Dell here could handle Spotify…but I’m sure at some point some of the songs will wind up on U tube….when they do, let me know.
Jerry, so does Tippy have blue eyes? When my husband brought home 4 orphan kittens (which I had to bottle feed) there were three long haired calico girls and then one male. The girls went to good homes. and I kept the male…Buddee is black and white and reminds me of a ragdoll, his markings are beautiful and his fur is soft and silky. He was Ian’s buddy, always in his room and slept with him. Now, Buddee is always beside me on the recliner. He is very docile. I can tell he misses Ian as well as I do too.
Gal….I thought the same thing of the above print….it looks so peaceful.
Got very tired at work yesterday….I thought this thyroid pill would make me more energized, don’t know….get blood work done before next appointment in November. But then I didn’t sleep well the night before either.
well, ya’ll have a blessed Lord’s day……
GR 😉 pray your computer problems get resolved soon….in the meantime….
you guys made me do this…………………and you know who you are 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOKAQSGCm8Q
…and what I’d like to know is how do they know I have ad block….Mark?
sorry, but I couldn’t help myself 🙂
https://i.chzbgr.com/full/8566259968/h85580B00/
Jerry:
Interesting info about “Indian Summer.” Everything else I’ve read gives other songs the nod as first. Where did you find the info about “Indian Summer” being first?
Also, if you don’t mind telling, what is your connection to Jim’s family?
Is it through the Navy?
Rob said so. I worked for years with the husband of Jim’s cousin. You can click on the prior link and find the info about the song.
I forgot about the blue eyes, so she must be a Ragamuffin.
Love the Sunday strip !
War Eagle anyway !!
A great site for naturalists:
http://birdnote.org/blog/2013/07/gordon-hemptons-one-square-inch-silence
OF due soon. See URL above. Peace, emb
RE: Janis being tackled – I read a comment on the comic site that hypothesized that Janis was playing a Pokemon game on her phone. Apparently there is a new app in the works where you search out and collect virtual Pokemon in locations in the “real” world. The premise is that the girl who tackled Janis was after the same Pokemon. Reminds me of “geo-cacheing” where you use the GPS on your phone to find real objects hidden in public locations, then sign a paper inside to prove you were successful, then put it back for others to find. I think you also register your find online. My brother plays this game, and “Where’s George”.
Debbe – Good luck with your thyroid. Sometimes it is tricky to find the right balance of hormone, and the symptoms for not enough and for too much both include feeling tired.
Jerry Jeff? Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother? Still in Texas.
for the steam buffs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLQhvruimfs
Mindy
The Mason jar is a precleaner for the oilbath air cleaner. Was used before paper filters –
Had one on my ’70 pick-up cost $10 extra and saved $100s in filters.
Was going to ask if there were some of “the other green” – Cockshutt was basically an
Oliver made in Canada –
I have 2 Oliver 70 and an 80.
BH just did the 50 HS reunion. Good time was had by all.
Jackie – I don’t collect a lot of art, but if I had the money I’d buy something by Gene Brown. I love the colors and vistas of his landscapes.
Old Bear – thanks for the explanation of the Mason jar. I’m not a tractor (or any kind of engine person) but that really had me wondering!
OF due 1400-1420 CDT. emb
http://www.nps.gov/features/yell/webcam/oldFaithfulStreaming.html
Mindy from Indy : The Old Farmers around here (some of whom still use their Olivers) refer to Cockshutts as the “Canadian Olivers.” I’m just trying to teach the little kid down the road who loves tractors that there are green tractors that aren’t JD’s.
Bear, exactly how is “Cockshutt” pronounced, anyway?
We said
Cock Shut
Like the rooster or the thing that turns off the water
and close the door
off till tomorrow
Wikipedia had this to say about Cockshutt Farm Equipment Limited:
“Originally founded as the Brantford Plow Works by James G. Cockshutt in 1877, the name was changed to the Cockshutt Plow Company when it was incorporated in 1882.”
-and-
“The Cockshutt name was no longer used beyond the mid-70s.”
I was not familiar with the company or their farm tractor products. They must not have been big sellers where I grew up. Learn something every day around here.
There was mention made of a “Cockshutt logo”, but I was not brave enough to explore that. Perhaps Lady Mindy can enlighten me. 🙂